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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 10 October 2014, 03:43:24 »

few new pix

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General Car Chat / Omega Donuts

« on: 18 July 2014, 21:32:59 »

this looks fun .  www.facebook.com/AE86toyota

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension for 99 2.5TD

« on: 18 July 2014, 21:29:02 »

Mv6 springs are N/A last i heard.

According to that link. Only Eibach list the TD. So I guess that's your decision made. No?

From what I heard of TheBoys escapades lifting a TD engine out of an omega with the same engine crane I have hear that was used to lift a v6 out of an omega on my drive, I think its safe to say that the TD is considerably heavier than the v6 anyway.

You need the correct springs for your engine weight. (That of a small planet )

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/framefixsbc.asp?page=3&make=VAUXHALL&model=OMEGA&ProdGroup=Performance%20Suspension&ProdSubGroup=Lowering%20Springs

check out the "Pro Sport" springs these people claim these are for TD but are only £67.20 , bargain of the century or waste of time ?




It's quite concerning that a few of those manufacturers only specify the year and body shape.

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 18 July 2014, 21:24:48 »

Are the lights on the bootlid covered?

this may sound wrong but , i've been experimenting with tights , lol

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 18 July 2014, 04:28:03 »

here is recent pic of my Omega now with MIG registration

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 18 July 2014, 04:21:47 »

Personally not my bag - but from the limited number of pics does not look bodged IMO

    Sorry not for me either, cannot understand why people do this to their cars.

Simple, personal choice - end of. Lots of people wont understand why we like a car that went out of production a decade ago, however some people also like Golfs. Each to their own, it would be a dull world if everyone liked the same thing wouldn't it ......

well said that man , lol

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension for 99 2.5TD

« on: 18 July 2014, 04:20:47 »

thanks for the info VXL V6 after much consideration i am going to go MV6 springs n Bilstein B4s , now am wondering can MV6 springs still be got new from Vauxhall ? Extortionately expensive ? most probably

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Omega General Help / Re: Suspension for 99 2.5TD

« on: 17 July 2014, 17:35:00 »

any help greatly appreciated .

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Omega General Help / Suspension for 99 2.5TD

« on: 17 July 2014, 02:39:48 »

Looking for 4 shocks & springs for my 99 2.5TD saloon found these items so far can anyone tell me if this is a good idea or should i pay more & get better quailty springs .
Fronts
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performance/shock-absorbers/car/vauxhall/omega/1999/2-5td/bilstein-b4-gas-shock-absorber-front
Rears
http://www.carparts-tuning.co.uk/en/Suspension-Tuning/Sport-shock-absorbers/Shock-absorbers-separately/Sport-shock-absorbers-High-Tec-Opel-Omega-B-Yr-04-94-rear-axle.html
Springs
http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/framefixsbc.asp?page=3&make=VAUXHALL&model=OMEGA&ProdGroup=Performance%20Suspension&ProdSubGroup=Lowering%20Springs

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 13 January 2014, 06:30:24 »

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Omega Gallery / Re: My Carbon Fibre Omega TD

« on: 13 January 2014, 05:51:10 »

this will be for sale shortly if anyone is interested now has LSD & is with 2 extra sets of alloys 2 spare wings standard diff a box of bits

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Omega General Help / 2.5TD Power Steering Pump

« on: 29 August 2013, 06:11:23 »

need a PS pump for my 99 2.5td , is it just me or are these hard come by new , have seen some on Ebay but @ £49 i doubt they would be much good, anyone any thoughts ?

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Omega General Help / Re: LSDS Casing numbers

« on: 29 August 2013, 06:06:32 »

Is the td chipped? If not get it chipped and get the lsd shimmed, a chipped td is fit to lock a good lsd. All lsds are 3.7 or 3.9 ratio, this will leave a td worse on fuel, a lsd  can be built with the a td gearing , I have done a few of them

only seen this now ,, yes it is chipped but has 155k of not so careful driving (the most recent 45k has been shockingly hard) this building craic sounds interesting tell me more

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Omega General Help / Re: 2.5td mpg

« on: 13 April 2013, 06:23:07 »

i,m this has been asked many times but wot sort of mpg should i be getting from my n reg 2.5td auto estate iv just had it on the road a few weeks but not had a chance to give it a run yet are the compters on these accurate

i have a 99 manual 2.5td with remapped ECu no idea what BHP it does a constant 28 but it is drove hard most of the time

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Omega General Help / Re: LSDS Casing numbers

« on: 12 April 2013, 00:06:56 »

you can at least tell if its LSD or not from the outside.

WITH A DRIVESHAFT REMOVED, look into the output hole where the driveshaft pops in, if there is one cross-shaft keeping the planet wheels apart, then its an open diff. If there's a pair of crossed shafts visible, then its LSD.

thanks for the advice, it is an LSD, as i checked if it has the crossed shafts visible & it has , got it fitted up but my TD is not fit to lock it up (in the dry anyway), handling is noticeably improved & feels quicker but engine seems to rev higher to achieve less speed than with open type diff & the on board computer lying display reckons im getting about 4 more mpg(32 instead of 28), I think i was expecting too much from an LSD alone , thinking V6 2.6 or 3.0 may as well for the mpg im getting lol any cheap low mileage ones knocking about ...........